Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rac'as

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *raidijaz, *raidaz (whence Old English ræde (“ready to ride, mounted (on a horse)”).

Noun edit

*rac'as

mount, steed; riding horse
Synonym: *raccu

Inflection edit

Inflection of *rac'as

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*rac'as	*raccahët
accusative	*raccahën	*raccahët
genitive	*raccahën	rac'astën raccahidën
partitive	*rac'asta	*raccahita
inessive	raccahëssa raccahëhna	raccahissa raccahihna
elative	*raccahësta	*raccahista
illative	*raccahësën	*raccahisën
adessive	*raccahëlla	*raccahilla
ablative	*raccahëlta	*raccahilta
allative	raccahëlën raccahëlëk	raccahilën raccahilëk
essive	*rac'assa	*raccahina
translative	*raccahëksi	*raccahiksi
instructive	*raccahën	*raccahin
comitative	*rac'assëk	*raccahinëk
abessive	*raccahëtta	*raccahitta

Reconstruction notes edit

Only adverbial forms (e.g. meaning "on horseback") survive in most descendants.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

⇒ Estonian: ratsa
⇒ Finnish: ratsain, ratsailla
Ingrian: ratsas
⇒ Karelian: raččahalla, raččahassa
⇒ Livonian: ratsõl
⇒ Livvi: raččahas, raččahin
⇒ Ludian: raccahil
⇒ Veps: rachau
⇒ Võro: ratsa
⇒ Votic: rattsa, rattsõz